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MUSIC: Choosing a song of this MLB summer like no other Page 32 Fast starts will be key MOVIES: ‘Palm Springs’ to awards in a timely time loop Page 20 short season BOOKS: Jim Carrey novel Back page predictably absurd Page 34 stripes.com Volume 79, No. 60 ©SS 2020 FRIDAY, JULY 10, 2020 $1.00 VIRUS OUTBREAK Layoffs remain at elevated level as states rethink reopening plans BY CHRISTOPHER RUGABER Associated Press WASHINGTON — More than 1.3 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, a historically high pace that shows that many employers are still laying people off in the face of a resurgent coronavirus. The persistently elevated level of layoffs are occurring as a spike in virus cases has forced six states to reverse their move to reopen businesses. Those six — Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Michigan and Texas — make up one-third of the U.S. economy. Fifteen other states have suspended their re-open- ings. Collectively, the pullback has stalled a tentative recovery in the job market and is likely trig- gering additional layoffs. On Wednesday, the United States reported just short of the Ready to go record 60,000 cases set a day earlier. In the U.S., the number of confirmed cases has passed 3 million — meaning nearly one in every 100 people has been con- firmed as infected — and the death toll in the pandemic is more than 132,000. In addition, Dr. Anthony Fauci, in harm’s way the nation’s top infectious-dis- ease official, is advising that some states seriously consider “shutting down” again if they Long-derided littoral combat ships flex their muscles in Pacific are facing major resurgences of the virus, The Washington Post BY SETH ROBSON coast guard and paramilitary vessels.
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